The Descent of the Messiah — Page 278
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH No Date of Prophecy 101 Two years ago. The Revelation that I have been graced with has disclosed to me these miraculous prophecies that have already ap- peared in the world, and thousands of witnesses attest to them, some of which have been mentioned here Date Prophecy Fulfilled When the Maulawīs were unable to come forward to Two years ago. compete in writing a commentary and Mehr Ali Shah of Golarha had recourse to all kinds of reprehensible de- vices, God Almighty bestowed upon me the miracle of writing a commentary on my own. I prepared the booklet I jāzul-Masih in seventy days, though there were several in- terruptions and, for a good part of the time, I was ill. It was mostly the people living in Qadian who benefited from this sign because they were aware of my daily condition. In short, during those days, I was granted the revelation about this book : مَنَعَهُ مَانِعُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ - meaning "He has been forbidden from heaven by the One Who Forbids. " This revelation has been fulfilled so clearly that neither Miyan Mehr Ali nor any of his supporters have been able to write a reply thus far. Even though all he did was compose an Urdu book, it was subsequently established through written proof that he had actually plagiarised it word for word from the notes left by the late Maulawi Mu- hammad Hassan. So much so, that this ignorant one even took some embarrassing errors to be correct and named this plagiarised collection of errors Saif-e-Chishtiyā'ī. This very saif (sword) turned against him. ¹ مر گیا بد بخت اپنے ہی وار سے کٹ گیا سر اپنی ہی تلوار سے The unfortunate man died from his own stab; Beheaded by his own sword. کھل گئی ساری حقیقت سیف کی کم کرو اب ناز اس مردار سے The secret of Saif[-e-Chishtiyā'ī] was exposed; Do not pride yourself so much on the one who perished. [Living Witnesses:] The witness to this sign is primarily the book Ijāzul-Masih, and then there are many sincere friends who were present to witness it, such as Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen; Maulawi Abdul Karim; Mufti Muhammad Sadiq; Maulawi Muhammad Ali; Hakeem Fazal Deen; Pir Manzur Muhammad; Pir Sirajul Haqq. 278